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Great time and great location

Our family stayed for 10 days in Buzios on Geriba beach. This house was perfect for our family and teens. With huge decks and BBQ (Churrasco), the house also came with a cook/maid which we are not accustomed in Canada. It was a treat as she was a great cook. The house was quite bare but the location made up for this. The house was clean and large for us. We had a couple of gatherings of people our Brazilian friends and there was plenty of space to host a nice dinner party. They only thing I would say if you are travelling here for longer than 3 days you may miss the wifi which this house does not have and also a laundry. But the owner can make arrangements for laundry pick up and drop off which was great. The owner is very accomodating and very good with communicating when you need something.

I would recommend this house for short and extend stays. You will need a car at the centro of Buzios is not close. We are surfers and Geriba beach is the best beach in the area for surf with many huts renting and selling boards of all sizes. But shop around as the price and type of board varies from R$30 - R$50 per hour or R$120 per day. If you go into town and visit Cyclone surf shop right next to the MacDonalds you can buy a used board for about R$350 which is better than renting for a few days. This is what our son and friends did they bought new and used boards (if you are into surfing).

Also if you are from Europe or North America and need cash the Banco do Brasil does not accept your bank card only VISA but you can go to the Bradesco bank very near and get cash with your bank card.